Abstract
Energy consumption for ventilation purposes in buildings makes up a considerable portion of HVACenergy consumption. Energy recovery ventilators (ERVs) can reduce the required energy to pre-condition outdoor air in winter and summer seasons. Due to the high ratio of heat transfer area to volume, Fixed-Bed Regenerators (FBRs) can reach high effectiveness up to 90%. However, limited research studies are available for FBRs in HVAC applications. In this paper, a small-scale test facility is used to determine the sensible effectiveness of a FBR. Furthermore, a numerical model is proposed and validated against the experimental results from the small-scale test facility. The numerical results for latent effectiveness have been compared with available data in the literature and the comparison shows a satisfactory agreement between numerical and results from the literature.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 09001 |
| Journal | E3S Web of Conferences |
| Volume | 172 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 30 2020 |
| Event | 12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics, NSB 2020 - Tallinn, Estonia Duration: Sep 6 2020 → Sep 9 2020 |
Funding
Financial support from the College of Engineering and Postdoctoral Studies of the University of Saskatchewan, National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Tempeff North America Inc., Winnipeg are appreciated.